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Also inside this issue:All the latest News: pp 4-10, 16, 23 l Health & Safety: pp 3, 12-13

Software for Designers & Manufacturers: pp 16-19 l Design & Innovation: pp 20-22Exhibition News: pp 24-27

DCS wraps it up at Crystal DoorsTurn to pages 12-13 for the full story

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Improved Makita M-Class dust extractorMAKITA’S 447M M-Class dust extractor has sethigh performance and reliability standardsthroughout industry since its introduction and thelatest version of the M-Class extractor, the newVC4210M, bristles with new features whilst main-taining a highly competitive price point.

The new Makita VC4210M fully meets the EU stan-dards of protection demanded of the M-Class dustcontrol regulations. This is the minimum standard per-mitted for legally compliant work in construction en-vironments. The updated design has moved themotor, control module and main filter higher up intothe upper body housing which increases the tankworking capacity. This enables a 30 litre disposablebag to be filled and for wet suction the tank will hold29 litres before the new, automatic fluid level valveshuts off the motor, protecting the machine fromflooding. The tank sits neatly inside the double-wallmoulded body housing on big rear wheelsand robust front steel castors.

Available in 110 V and 240 V modes thereare three variants: 110 V models with and with-out Power Take Off to drive integrated powertools and a 240 V model with Power Take Off.When connected to a power tool, the extractorswitches off automatically when the powertool is shut down. The motor input wattage is1,000 W for the 110 V model and 1,200 W forthe 240 V machine. The 110 V model withPower Take Off will provide 1,750 W for toolpower and the 240 V model 1,800 W.

Maximum airflow and filtration perform-ance have been substantially increased for thenew VC4210M extractor with max air flownow 4.5 m3/min. The latest Makita automaticfilter cleaning system uses the strong airflowreversed regularly through each of the air fil-ter routes to ensure the durable PTFE filter is

kept clear. Access to this high-efficiency filter isthrough a new large hatchback port in the rear of thehousing, enabling access to the filter without havingto remove the motor head. An air flow sensor willbleep a warning if the filter becomes clogged, thetank is full or there is a restriction in the suction pipe.

The new Makita VC4210M dust extractor has a flattop housing design, useful for depositing hand toolsand accessories, and Makita Makpac cases can be at-tached using an optional accessory adaptor plate. De-livered with a 5 m long, 32 mm diameter suction tube,this versatile extractor has individual operating set-tings for hose diameters of 21, 27, 32, 36 and 38 mm.

Dust extraction is a health & safety ‘must’ on all sitesand the new Makita VC4210 M-class unit protects theworking environment at an affordable price.Makita UKTel 01908 211678 l www.makitauk.com

From fire to futureSUPPORTED by its insurers, NFUMutual, and with new machin-ery and technology fromWeinig, after a devastating fire ayear ago, EZT Mouldings is backand thriving.

EZT Mouldings lost everythingat its Herefordshire site in an elec-trical fire in February last year. No-one was hurt, but the firedestroyed the facility, machinery,and stock valued at £650,000. “Itwas complete devastation,” saidPeter Smith, one of EZT Moulding’sdirectors. “We had to start againfrom scratch.”

The timber company has beenin business since 1996 selling awide range of machined hard-woods and softwoods throughoutthe UK. The four founding direc-tors — Peter Smith, KevinPritchard, Allen Nicholas andNeville Harley (now retired) — alljoined the original Parker Kisling-bury timber company in Hereford-shire from school. When thecompany closed the site, they de-cided to set up their own businessand named the company afterParker Kislingbury’s former chair-man, Edwin Zygmund Tauber.

EZT Mouldings takes great

pride in the reputation it has es-tablished with its customers. PeterSmith said, “We supply machinedtimber to other timber merchantsas well as direct to customers, andquality is always at the heart ofeverything we do.” Some mightthink that losing your site, stockand manufacturing ability to firewould stop a company in itstracks, but EZT Mouldings was de-termined to get back to work asquickly as possible. Peter contin-ued, ‘All our customers were verypositive. We have customers whodepend on us, and by whatevermeans we could, we kept thosecustomers going. Our insurers,NFU Mutual, were very supportive

and within the first week they sentus out looking for new machinery.Without them we wouldn’t havebeen able to restart. All our certifi-cation was up to date and they

wanted to get us back up and run-ning as quickly as they could.”

The directors at EZT have a verygood relationship with Nick What-ton, agent for woodworking ma-chinery and technology specialistsMichael Weinig (UK). “We neededto replace our moulders, toolgrinder, our cross-cut saw, every-thing,” said Peter. “Of course, welooked at all the alternatives, butNick showed us Weinig machinesin-situ. Between us we havedecades of experience. We mightbe a small company but we are alldedicated to this business and

want to produce high qualityproduct and grow as a company.To do that, we decided that Weinigengineering would be the bestlong term option.”

Weinig UK set EZT up withPowermat 700 and Powermat1200 moulders, a Rondamat 168, atemplate maker, and an Opticutsaw with in- and out-feed table.The machines were installed andthe company was back in on-siteproduction by September.

Managing director of WeinigUK, Malcolm Cuthbertson, said: “Itis devastating to have the heart ofyour company ripped out by fire.The directors of EZT Moulderswere clear, they didn’t just wantreplacements, they wanted to in-vest in their future business andknew what they wanted toachieve with their new technologyand machinery. We worked withthem on the specifications of themachines and had them installedas quickly as their rebuildingallowed.”

In full production with theirnew machinery, EZT Mouldingsalso has a new website and hastaken the specialist moulded tim-ber, skirting architrave, scotia,dado rails and flooring online.Peter said, “Our move into e-com-merce offers individual consumersthe opportunity to purchase notonly standard products, but be-spoke complex mouldings whichwe produce on-site with thePowermat 700 or 1200.

“The workshop and businesshas been rebuilt and we will endup stronger as a company,” contin-ued Peter. “The loyalty and sup-port of our customers come fromworking with people long term,and our investment is as much forthem as it is us.”EZT Mouldingswww.eztmouldings.co.ukWeinigTel 01235 557600Email [email protected]

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NEWS


NEWS

IN THE AUSTRALIAN wood pro-cessing industry there is signifi-cant demand for compressionrouters (tools with opposingcutting flutes) also known ascompound shear or up-downcutters. As the demand for thisproduct increased, Leitz Aus-tralia needed to protect its posi-tion against fierce competitionof compression router supply.

Leitz, a world leading manufac-turer of tools used in industrialprocessing of solid wood, woodderived materials, plastic andcompound materials, knew thatthe only way to stay ahead of thecompetition would be to decreasecosts and improve delivery times.

An important part of the strat-egy for Leitz Australia was to finda suitable tool and cutter grindingmachine that met its require-ments. Charles Joel, national man-ager of production/service at LeitzAustralia, said: “Leitz identifiedthat to meet market demands, themachine had to be highly produc-tive and satisfy the exacting toler-ances set by Leitz. Local customerservice and applications supportwas another important aspect.”

After an extensive review ofseveral tool and cutter grindingmachines, Leitz concluded theANCA was the best machine onthe market to meet its needs.

In 2016 the FX7 Linear CNCgrinding machine was installedand was configured with the highcapacity Fanuc robot loader, ANCAMotions cylindrical LinX linearmotor (patented by ANCA), fullsize touchscreen at 19” and ahandheld pendant for simplifiedsetups.

Mr Joel continued, “After threedays of basic operator training, the

machine was operating at full pro-duction capacity. Since the FX7was installed it has produced al-most 10,000 tools so we havebeen thrilled with the machineuptime.

“The flexible software and timesavings was another importantfeature. Using the 3DCimulationsoftware on our offline PC meanswe can verify the next tool type tobe produced, while the machine isin use grinding tools.

“The 3DCim software can checkand calculate all aspects of thetool, including dimensions, geom-etry, profiles etc, which is criticalwhen measuring items such ascore diameter prior to grinding toavoid any production problems.The software saves time on tooldesign, reduces grinding setuptime and ensures accurate toolsare ground first time at the start ofgrinding a batch of tools, resultingin actual cost savings.

“One of the advantages of the

FX7 is the reduction in deliverytimes. The machine has a robotloader for fast production of spe-cial tools in large quantities thatcan now be delivered within days.Furthermore, it has a capacity tomanufacture up to 320 pieces forØ8 mm routers (maximum of 840pieces for Ø3 mm) and the loaderhas four times the capacity of themachine we previously used toproduce compression routers.

“Not all production runs needto be in large quantities. The ma-chine can do multiple tool types ofthe same diameter size in the onepallet. Small batches of 5-10 toolsof 30 different tool types could bedone in the one production setup.

“As Australian manufacturing ismoving towards Industry 4.0 andto be in line with the rest of theworld we wanted the latest ad-vances from ANCA in this area. As afirst step towards this, ANCA offersa software package called Man-agement Suite (a tool manage-

ment, wheel management andproduction monitoring system).

“Our production efficiency andmachine monitoring is critical tosustaining profitability and becompetitive in the modern world.Management Suite is a gamechanger for the CNC grinding in-dustry, enabling us to monitor op-erational performance of the FX7which delivers live productiondata to make informed opera-tional improvements,” Mr Joel said.

ANCA’s Machine NotificationSoftware (MNS) has a feature to re-mind customers when mainte-nance tasks are due. This results incontinual productivity and the re-duction of machine downtime.

Despite the FX Linear machine’slarge working envelope, it main-tains a relatively small footprint.Every item of the FX Linear ma-chine, from the positioning of thegrinding wheel on the C-axiscentreline (to reduce thermal in-fluence), to the Fanuc robot whichloads both tools and grindingwheels (up to six wheel packs),have been aimed at enhancing ac-curacy, increasing productivityand making operators’ tasks sig-nificantly easier.

Last but not least, Mr Joel added,“to save energy the FX7 comes withan idle shut off feature which can beprogrammed to shut the machinedown completely when it is idle fora set period of time. This allows themachine to start a tool productionrun on Friday and when finishedover the weekend, it will automati-cally shut down the machine, savingin power consumption.”ANCATel 024 7644 7000Email [email protected]

Leitz beats the competition by investingin automation on an ANCA FX7

The FX7 Linear machine installed at Leitz Australia with, from leftto right: Charles Joel and Chris Jones of Leitz Australia withAndrew Ritchie of ANCA.


NEWS

CUBBY CONSTRUCTION is amulti-disciplined business oper-ating throughout the UK thathas been a leading name in con-struction, civil engineering,joinery manufacturing and in-stallation, and sustainablehousing since 1968.

Last year the joinery workshoppurchased a new Kündig Brilliant-2 1350 REd-L sander, delivered inOctober 2016. Speaking ninemonths later, workshop foreman,Mariusz Pietruszka, expressed hisdelight with the performance thesander is providing.

Cubby has a longstanding rep-utation for the manufacture ofhigh quality domestic and com-mercial joinery for fitting by theclient’s appointed contractor, orby Cubby craftsmen themselves.Working in both hard and softwoods, as well as modern com-posites and fibreboards, the com-pany makes a wide variety of

specially designed, bespoke orshort run items. Products rangefrom specialist one offs, staircases,doors and windows, panelling, fit-ted furniture and premium qualitykitchens. See www.cubby.co.uk formore information.

Mariusz explained that the pre-vious sander was twenty years old,and had come to the end of itsworking life. “The old sander wascausing more damage than sand-ing, so we decided to replace itwith something that was flexiblefor veneer work, windows, doors,lacquer denibbing and denibbingfor spray finishing.

“I did my research, and foundout that Kündig would be theright machine for us. It has someof the best reviews on the market.I also looked to see how many sec-ond hand Kündig machines wereavailable and was only able to findone which was over 20 years old. Itook this to be a good indicator of

the Kündig’s quality and peoplebuying them to keep.”

Mariusz listed the advantagesof the Kündig sander: “It has savedus at least 20 hours/week of labourcompared to the old sander. It hasalso reduced our dependency onhand held sanders which has alsosaved time and the issues associ-ated with HAVS [hand arm vibra-tion syndrome]. Now 95% of ourwork goes through the Kündig.

“It is user friendly, and has afixed bed, which is very handy forour work. The extension table isalso advantageous when workingwith long items to keep them leveland maintain the finish quality.

“It also has the shear head,which is very appealing, becauseyou don’t get parallel lines on theworkpiece. Our previous experi-ence had shown that sandingalong the grain leaves lines, which

need to be sorted out with orbitalsanding: that problem has nowdisappeared. The Kündig defi-nitely improves the quality of thefinished surface.”

The sander Cubby selected hastwo heads and a working width of1,350 mm. It has been configuredfor lacquer sanding, although, asMariusz explained, “We haven’t triedhigh gloss yet, but we use a lot ofthe 240 and 320 grit for fine sand-ing, and the process works well.

“We are very happy with the fin-ish. We have had the sander for al-most nine months, and we haven’thad any complaints from thejoiners on the shop floor as theKündig does what it says it can do.

“The sander is sued for every-thing. We specialise in bespokejoinery and furniture, so use it for avariety of applications: yesterdaywe were sanding windows, tomor-row it will be sanding doors andpossibly denibbing lacquer. Mon-day it will be doing kitchen doors.The Kündig sander is a multi taskmachine, and that is why Cubbyhave chosen it.”

Asked if Cubby would recom-mend the sander, Marius replied,“Highly”.

The Brilliant is the mid-rangeKündig wide-belt sander. It can besupplied in a variety of configura-tions. Kündig sanders are manufac-tured to the highest standardswithin Europe, and new sanderscome fitted as standard with an en-ergy saving mode: if no workpiecehas been sanded for a given periodof time, the energy saving functionkicks in. The company estimatesthat this can save a workshopabout 10-15% of the electricity thatwould otherwise have been used.Kündig LtdTel 0845 833 0565Email [email protected]

Cubby Construction selects a Kündig Brilliant sander


NEWS

BASED in the North East of Eng-land, Steve Duck’s Integral Col-lections Ltd manufactureskitchens, bedrooms, bathroomsas well as furniture for studies,offices and lounges all with thehelp of machinery purchasedfrom Felder Group UK.

In 2010, founder, SteveDuck purchased his first ma-chines from the Felder Groupand since then he has pur-chased more than 17 ma-chines, upgrading andimproving his machines asthe years have gone on withSteve saying, “Felder is ableto help with a wide range ofmachinery from small ma-chines to very large ones andsince I have been involvedwith Felder it has broadenedour horizons so that we canmake whatever we want toproduce.”

Currently in Integral Col-lections’ workshop, the com-pany has the Tempora 60.12and Perfect 710 edgeban-ders, Profit H08 and H22 CNCmachining centres andKappa 550 x-motion panelsaw from the Format-4 rangeas well as the K 500 panelsaw, the FD 921 dowel bor-ing machine, the Forka 300 seco edgebander and the KF700 saw spindle moulder

from the Felder range. Steve wenton to say “We’ve gone fromstrength to strength with Felder,what they have done is make lifeeasier by having a range of ma-chines to suit all our circum-stances, for now and the future. Asthey bring out new and better ma-

chines we will be upgrading ourswith Felder!”

Speaking on his partnershipwith Felder Group UK, Steve com-mented, “In the long run it hasbeen cheaper to buy Felder, themachines might be more expen-sive but they last a long time and

the service more than backs it up!We have worked with Felder forover 7 years and no other com-pany can provide help and sup-port as rapidly.”Felder UKTel 01908 635000www.felder-group.co.uk

Integral Collections workshop fittedout with Felder Group UK machinery


HEALTH & SAFETY

DUST CONTROL SYSTEMS Ltd(DCS) has recently completed in-stallation work on a substantialnew dust extraction system forCrystal Doors — one of the UK’sleading manufacturers of vinyl-wrapped doors.

From its 30,000 ft2 manufactur-ing facility, just off the M62 on theoutskirts of Rochdale, CrystalDoors’ 34-strong workforce is ded-icated to the production of be-spoke vinyl-wrapped doors andaccessories for kitchens, bed-rooms and bathrooms, and manu-factures over 200,000 pieces ayear. The company offers a vast se-lection of designs, foils and mate-rials, and has the capability ofprofiling doors up to 3 m in length,as well as custom-printed, curvedand 3-dimensional panels. Morerecently, the installation of high-tech robotic paint and glue spray-ing equipment, which utilises 3Dlaser technology, has increasedproduction speeds and ensures aperfect finish for painted doors.

Established in 1994 by manag-ing director Richard Hagan,Crystal Doors has earned a distin-guished reputation for its environ-mental quality and efficiencyachievements, with year on yearimprovements in environmentalperformance indicators, and hasgained recognition from industry,business and environmental or-ganisations, including beingnamed Business of the Year 2015

in the Rochdale Business Awards.The company is FSC and PEFC ac-credited and certified by BMTRADA, and is currently progress-ing towards ISO 14001 environ-mental management certification.Over 99% of all waste is recycled,including collection and onsitestorage of wood waste to fuel a

980 kW biomass boiler; providingheat and hot water for the factoryand offices. Since re-locating toRochdale six years ago, energyconsumption and electricity costsfor the building have been re-duced by replacing over 90% ofthe lighting with LED units, or highefficiency alternatives.

However, in common with mostproduction units, dust and fumeextraction is the biggest single en-ergy consumer and, althoughCrystal Doors had previously in-vested in high-efficiency extrac-tion equipment from DCS, theexisting filter unit pre-dated therelocation to Rochdale. DCS salesdirector, Melvyn Bathgate, ex-plains: “With the increased levelsof production that Crystal Doorshas achieved through investmentsin new equipment, the 20,000m3/hr capacity filter was workingclose to its limit — even with ourEcogate energy-saving technol-ogy installed.”

“DCS and Crystal Doors go backover 20 years,” says Richard Hagan,“and I had no hesitation in askingMelvyn to put forward a proposalfor a new system which would ful-fil both our current and futureneeds. Also our factory is situatedalongside Rochdale Canal —which is designated as a Site ofSpecial Scientific Interest by Natu-ral England — so, as well as beingenergy-efficient and ‘future proof’in terms of its capacity, it is veryimportant that the system designand engineering quality safe-guards against the risk of MDFdust ending up in the canal.”

Having considered all of CrystalDoors’ extraction requirements, in-cluding further planned invest-ments in new productionequipment, DCS submitted de-

DCS wraps it up at Crystal Doors

With assistance from a 25-tonne crane, the team of DCS installation engineers made light work ofpositioning and securing the new filter.

Three separate inlets allow cleaned return air from the filter to replenish exhausted air and balancepressure in the spray booth.


signs and costs for a comprehen-sive installation project whichwould need to be implemented toa very strict deadline, over a longweekend shutdown. “Our designand project management teamhad planned the work to the lastnut and bolt, and our installationengineers worked with militaryprecision to meet the deadline,”commented Melvyn Bathgate.“Production at Crystal Doors fin-ished at the end of the late shift onthe Thursday night and we werecommitted to commissioning thenew system for production to startup again at 6.30 am the followingTuesday. The Schuko filter was de-livered to site in pre-constructedsections then built-up in advance,on adjacent ground, ready toswing into place on the Fridaymorning.”

The old filter unit has been re-placed with an ATEX-certifiedSchuko Ecovar Validus modularchain filter, with a flow-optimisedcascade system of 5 x 30 kW fans,capable of extracting up to 80,000m3/hr from four separate lines.Dust-laden air extracted from thefactory is drawn through anti-sta-tic, polyester needle-felt tubularfilter bags, and waste dust is con-tinuously removed from the filtermedia by a pulse jet cleaning train,with secondary removal of any re-maining deposits by a pneumatic-mechanical shaking system. Thewaste dust falls into the lowerhopper section of the unit and is

then discharged, pressure-free, bymeans of a rotary valve, to a screwconveyor which in turn feeds abucket elevator; finally deliveringthe waste into a large storage silo.

The installation also includesfour ATEX-approved CARZ back-pressure flap valves; one in each ofthe four main ducts. In the eventof a dust explosion, the valves pre-vent the effects of a pressure waveand flames travelling from the fil-ter, back along ductwork, and intothe factory.

DCS has also provided addi-tional fire safety and air qualitymonitoring at Crystal Doors; afour-zone spark detection systemwill trigger a fast acting water ex-tinguisher if a spark is detected ineither of the four main ducts, andthe integrity of the system’s clean-ing efficiency is constantly moni-tored by a particulate emissionmeasuring system which has sen-sors fitted to each of the four re-turn air ducts. As well as deliveringclean warm air to the factory tomaintain optimum temperaturefor vinyl application, one of the re-turn air outlets replenishes air ex-tracted from the spray booth;ensuring a warm, dust-free atmos-phere for a quality finish and quickdrying times.

Key to achieving the energy-ef-ficiency targets projected by DCSis the installation of an EcogategreenBOX MASTER SRL 200. Withthe capacity to control and inter-rogate up to 200 motorised gates,

and up to four variable speeddrives, the MASTER SRL 200 is be-lieved to be the most sophisti-cated control unit in the Ecogatetechnology range. The systemauto-starts when the first machineis powered up, constantly opti-mises fan speeds throughout athree-shift production schedule,and auto-stops when all machinesare shut down. Setup, monitoringand service functions are all ac-cessible via the colour touchscreen, and stored machine activ-ity data can be downloaded to aremovable flash drive. Further-more, all control functions, activitylogging and data storage can besecurely accessed from any autho-rised internet-connected PC. TheMASTER SRL also maintains mini-mal airflow to ensure a balancedsystem, programs filter cleaningcycles, and generates status indi-cators for system errors.

The benefits of the Ecogate ‘Ex-traction-on-Demand’ system have

been well-documented in thepress since DCS first introducedthe brand to the UK in 2010, and itis now a ‘must have’ componentfor any extraction installation;whether it is a new system or aretrofit installation, Ecogate opti-mised extraction systems auto-matically adjust power output tothe fans, in real time, to match theexact requirements of the manu-facturing process, resulting in sig-nificant energy and cost savings— at Crystal Doors, early indica-tions show that the new system isrunning at almost half the cost ofthe previous installation.

Richard Hagan concludes: “Asalways, the service provided byDCS was exemplary, and we nowhave the most efficient extractionsystem possible for our business,with capacity to spare and a lifeexpectancy in excess of 20 years.”Dust Control Systems LtdTel 0800 040 7116www.DCSlimited.co.uk

Extraction control, monitoring and safety provided by EcogategreenBOX MASTER SRL, PCME particulate emissions monitoringunit, BS&B spark detection system and CARZ back-pressure flapvalves.

Richard Hagan checks air quality readings of cleaned air beingreturned to the factory.

DCS installed a Schuko ECOVAR VALIDUS modular filter unit with80,000 m3/hr extraction capacity.


SOFTWARE FOR DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS

NEWS

Joinerysoft introduces training workshopsHAVING MOVED into its flagshippremises in Chippenham, Wilt-shire, at the beginning of theyear, the Joinerysoft supportteam is now able to offer work-shops at its in-house training fa-cilities. Joinerysoft’s supportmanager, John Berry, says:“These workshops will comple-ment our existing support pack-

age, providing value for moneytraining in a small group envi-ronment for users of our JoineryManagement Software, JMS.”

Joinerysoft will be using itstraining facilities in Chippenham toroll out a schedule of one dayworkshops on a variety of topics.The workshops aim to provide theskills that customers need to get

the most out of their JMS software.John Berry adds: “We know ofsome customers who only use partof the software for pricing quotesand providing diagrams. Thoughthey are receiving substantial ben-efit from this, we hope to encour-age customers to get out of theircomfort zone and use more func-tions such as material ordering andproduction cutting lists as well.”

Joinerysoft believes its cus-tomers could benefit from furthertime and cost savings by up-skilling their workforce. The work-shops are designed to be suitable

for all users, whether that is newemployees who want to startusing the software or experiencedusers who want to learn how touse new features.

Joinerysoft has released thedate for the first workshop takingplace on 12th September 2017and will publish further dates overthe next few weeks. The full sched-ule of workshop dates can befound on www.joinerysoft.com/workshopsJoinerysoftTel 01608 643302www.joinerysoft.com

Festool has a successful roadshow thanks to pedal powerFESTOOL, a leading supplier ofhigh-end power tools and ac-cessories, is on its way to raisingmore than £25,000 for theBritish Lung Foundation (BLF)and to promote lung health toUK tradespeople.

The company launched a CycleChallenge recently as part of its“Breathe Easy with Festool DustExtraction” campaign, featuringWattbikes on its impressive UK

roadshow as part of the Europeantour. Three lucky participants won£500 of Festool prizes for bikingthe fastest mile, three miles andfive miles.

Phil Elson, managing director ofHealy’s Tools in St Albans, Hert-fordshire, very generously trebledthe money collected through the15 stops across the UK and Ireland.He said: “We love hosting the Fes-tool Tour as it’s a chance for us to

offer our customers the opportu-nity to demo tools and receiveprofessional advice. With the give-aways and prize draws customerscan get a lot more for their money.

“We were really impressed withthe hard work of the team to raisemoney for the BLF and it was ourpleasure to donate a sizeablecheque matching their efforts.”

Jonathan Burcham, marketingmanager at Festool, said: “We wereblown away with Phil’s generousoffer to match the money raised.We had a very successful road-show and would like to also thankall our trade partners up and downthe country, and across the IrishSea, for being such great hosts.”

Featuring Festool’s premiumrange of tools, the fully equippedtruck provided trade visitors withthe opportunity to use the toolsand talk to a team of experts. Visi-tors got a sneak peak of upcomingproducts, as well as Festool’s com-plete range of dust extractors thathelp safeguard a dust-free workenvironment.

As part of its fundraising initia-tives, Festool has sold more than100 top quality cycling topsthrough its eBay page. The moneymade from the limited editioncycle shirts and the roadshow willgo towards research into lifethreatening lung diseases, as wellas help provided by BLF for thoseliving with conditions like chronicobstructive pulmonary disease(COPD), idiopathic pulmonaryfibrosis (IPF), mesothelioma,asthma and lung cancer.

Jonathan Burcham added: “thesad truth in our industry is thattradespeople are four times morelikely to contract asthma com-pared to other workers. We havebeen promoting the importanceof safer, dust-free working condi-tions with the help of the BLF forthe past couple of years and ourcampaign highlights the impor-tance of lung health amongsttradespeople who are most at risk.’FestoolTel 01284 760791www.festool.co.ukLeft to right, Festool’s Allan Steenkamp and Paul Kirby.


SOFTWARE FOR DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERSNEWS

IT WAS an open and shut casewhen Leicester-based Trifibrewas looking for CAD/CAM soft-ware to drive its new CNC router.The company chose Alphacam.And now, around five yearslater, it programs the BiesseRover, a Morbidelli and the orig-inal small Pacer.

Established in 1981, Trifibre Ltdhas grown into what is believed tobe the UK’s leading case producer,providing innovative casing de-sign and manufacturing solutionsto a wide range of industry sectorsincluding aerospace, surgical andmedical, motorsport and auto-motive, and clothing.

Sales manager Trishanth Pararisays the company specialises inworking with major blue chip or-ganisations, manufacturing flightcases that meet military specifica-tions, bespoke polyprop cases, complex bespoke metal containers, madeto measure metal fabrications, wooden packing crates and custom madewooden and plastic presentation cases.

Trifibre invested in Alphacam when it purchased the Morbidelli to sup-plement the Pacer. “Previously, everything was routed manually. We sim-ply added tool paths to the DXF files,” he says. “However, as the companygrew we needed to reduce our labour time in producing drawing andpreparing the machines.

“The shop floor workers were physically routing the panels every day, andit was becoming increasingly inefficient to machine the foam inserts on thesingle head Pacer, so we brought in the Morbidelli which was a pod and railsystem, and we converted half the bed into a flat bed. As it is a twin-headmachine we are able to run it in tandem, programmed with Alphacam.”

And project manager Martin Clarke says the next natural step was tofurther expand the CNC suite. “Moving from the single head Pacer to thetwin head Morbidelli improved efficiency in terms of speed and accuracyin cutting the inserts, and they were passing through the factory fasterthan the panels. So we decided to purchase the Biesse Rover for routingthe panels.”

Alphacam is involved in almost everything he does: “Everything that ismachined, every hole, every pocket — the more time we invest upfrontturns into savings of minutes and hours. What one person does withAlphacam in the office saves time for 20 people on the shop floor.”

He says once a prototype is approved, programming all three ma-chines with Alphacam enables them to produce the same productquickly and efficiently every time. The company uses specific softwarefor designing its flight cases, and the DXF file containing all the panel sizes, handle cut-outs and catch holes, is imported into Alphacam for the tool-paths to be added. “This goes to the shop floor where the CNC machine operators create the nests getting the most efficient yield from every sheet… even when we are producing one-offs. For example, we can create a jigsaw of 20 one-off cases on the same nest. A one-off flight case may onlyneed a quarter or half sheet of Hexaboard plywood, but prior to using Alphacam we might have to use a full sheet.

“Waste is expensive, but Alphacam creates what is essentially a jigsaw puzzle for routing,compared to the straight cut saw and beam saw where you’d have to go right through a panel.On our widely used materials, such as Hexaboard, the yield is well up around 90 per cent, sothis represents considerable savings. Alphacam improves yield, and yield becomes profit mar-gin, so Alphacam is directly contributing to our bottom line and profitability.” It also saves con-siderable time, which, again, improves efficiency and profitability. “It varies from job to job,but the bare minimum is hours down to minutes. And when we are machining high produc-tion runs of the same case with a number of intricate routes, it can save us days.”

Trishanth Parari says another aspect of Alphacam which plays a vital part in the productionis simulation. “We are able to see what the end product is going to look like before we startto cut the material. It is also important to ensure that there are not going to be any collisionsduring the manufacturing process.”

And he says having one software package to drive the routers from all three machinestool manufacturers makes their working lives considerably easier. “With Alphacam we havepost processors set up for each CNC machine, so we can simply send the program to theshop floor knowing it will be absolutely right.”

In conclusion, he says Alphacam means the company can offer a maximum turnaroundtime of 14 working days on all orders — whether it is for one case, or 100.Trifibre l www.trifibre.co.ukAlphacam l Tel 0118 922 6677 l www.alphacam.com

Trifibre ‘jigsaw’ nests in Alphacam aid bottom line


SOFTWARE FOR DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS

‘CABINET Vision’s nesting func-tion is as important to us as theelectricity supply in our work-shop.” Those are the words ofJake Gregory, Business Devel-opment Manager at Burnley-based Crown Cabinets Ltd.

The company manufacturescabinets for around 200 kitchensand bedrooms a month, and saysCabinet Vision, from Vero Soft-ware, has been key to doublingtheir output within six months ofinstalling it, and enabling them tooffer a fully bespoke service.

Before upgrading the CNC ma-chinery with a Biesse flat top nest-ing machine, and investing inCabinet Vision Solid Ultimate withLabel-IT and Screen-To-Machine atthe same time late last year, Crownproduced its cabinets on a point-to-point machine.

“A standard eight-to-ten-cabi-net kitchen used to take at leasttwo hours … now it takes meabout 15 minutes to optimise. Weare averaging eight full jobs a day,compared to four previously. Andwe now have the capacity to ac-commodate for even more cus-tomers.” Not only has CabinetVision increased its output, but hesays being able to store cabinets inthe library means they can offerbespoke products to customersquickly and cost effectively.

And that library is constantlygrowing. It began with Jake Gre-gory spending an entire weekendgoing through the price list andbuilding everything using CabinetVision’s powerful Alias feature. “Icreated a cabinet in one size andcalled it made to measure … thenused aliases to do four more sizes.”

It provided the ideal opportu-nity to relaunch the entire productrange, with a number of changeswhich could not have been donewithout Cabinet Vision. “Previ-ously, for instance, it was not eco-nomical for us to have a different

sink base from the standard baseunit, because we had to write anew program for the point-to-point, as it would not save com-pleted cabinets. But when wewere creating the Cabinet Vision li-brary we came up with a new sinkbase and oven housings, whichcan be easily adapted every timefor completely bespoke products.

“And as we add every cabinetwe make to the library, when weare working on a new project thereis nearly always a unit in there thatis a close reference to the one wewant. We simply pick it from thecatalogue and easily adapt it.

“We have a saying: ‘if you candraw it, we can make it’. And theprocess is easier because I put allthe textures in there, too. It wascertainly worth the upfront invest-ment in time to do that. It saves usa lot of time every day now.”

He says it is a major plus to seeon-screen exactly what is beingcreated. “We went from the point-to-point system where we had tovisualise everything mentally, in-

cluding where to place the camsand pins to ensure they matched.Now, using Cabinet Vision’s masterand slave system, all I need to do isbuild the cabinet in the 3D space,and the system automatically fig-ures where everything goes.

“I think of it as the same as 3Dprinting. I build my cabinet in 3Don the computer, and Screen-To-Machine creates the necessary NCcode which cuts it on the Biesse.”

Although the company has aretail branch in Burnley, the bulkof its customer base is trade, deal-ing with joiners and independentshowrooms. “We supply assem-bled cabinets to the trade, but wedon’t fit — we only fit for end-usercustomers who buy through ourretail outlet.” He describes theprincipal operation for the trade asbeing the cabinet supplier of thefull kitchen jigsaw. “When a show-room designs a kitchen it willsource its worktops, doors and ap-pliances from individual suppliers.We supply the cabinets.”

Three Cabinet Vision functionsare essential in helping Crown Cab-inets take its products, and indeedthe business, to the next level.

Firstly: photo-rendering. “I re-cently created a 1200 mm highdrawer unit with three single draw-ers along the bottom, two sets oftwo drawers, and one set of threedrawers. It was a completely be-spoke unit. I designed it while thecustomer was here, and opened allthe drawers to show her what allthe drawer boxes would look like,then photo-rendered it for her.”

Secondly: labelling. Crown Cabi-nets has set up its system so Cabi-net Vision produces labels for eachpanel at the same time as the NCcode goes to the Biesse. The labelsshow the job number as a bar code,the customer name, part name,

colour, size, the cabinet it belongsto, and the delivery date. “As wecreate thousands of panels amonth the label system is vital tokeep track of everything and differ-entiate between the jobs. We stackthe panels before we edge them,and need to be able to see whichones belong to each customer.”

Thirdly: nesting. “Nesting is inte-gral … we could not run the busi-ness without it now. It is asimportant to us as the electricitysupply in our workshop.” He says asthe company needs to cut a lot ofshaped units, it helps gain maxi-mum yield from the material, whichis usually 18 mm MFC board, andMDF for doors. “The reduction inmaterial wastage is especially im-portant to us. Previously, if we weredoing an L-shaped base unit, wewould have to cut the full squareand take to the nesting machineand then cut the further square tomake it an L-shape, which meantthere was some waste. Now, be-cause it cuts true to shape it simplyplaces the L-shapes next to eachother and saves a lot of board.”

Concluding, Jake Gregory saysCabinet Vision’s support team is al-ways able to show the best way ofimplementing Crown’s new ideas.“For example, we do scoop drawerfronts on our internal drawerpacks, and I wanted to change thedesign to a square front for an in-ternal drawer on a wardrobe. I hada bit of experience with the UserCreated Standards (UCS) but wasnot completely confident of howto achieve what I wanted. The sup-port team showed me exactly howto do it.”Crown Cabinetswww.crowncabinets.co.ukCabinet VisionTel 0118 922 6644www.cabinetvision.com

Nesting and labelling with Cabinet Vision


DESIGN & INNOVATION

AS PART of a £23.75 m re-development project to provide visitorswith an enhanced museum experience, James Latham recently sup-plied a number of Moralt 54 mm FireSmoke door blanks which havebeen used in the radical transformation of the National ArmyMuseum in Chelsea.

International architectural practice BDP — who were commissionedto carry out acomplete up-grade of theexisting mu-seum — speci-fied the doorblanks, ap-pointing the main contractors Gilbert-Ash, who in turn appointed Essential Designs, Doors& Joinery of Castle Dawson in Belfast to carry out the internal joinery work.

Steven Dennard, Group door manager for James Latham explained, “As you would expect,within the specification, there were a number of fire safety requirements to be considered.Large areas of glass characterise this modern building, enhancing the high ceilings and spa-cious exhibition rooms and these required correspondingly large internal fire doors.

“Moralt’s Laminesse FireSmoke 54 mm door cores proved to be the perfect solution of-fering the architect the ability to attain the requirement of high and wide double doors whichwere also fire rated to 60 minutes.”

The museum was officially re-opened in March 2017 by Her Majesty the Queen and PrincePhillip, Duke of Edinburgh and has been transformed into five bright thematic galleries — Sol-dier, Army, Battle, Society and Insight — that provide a space to explore and discuss the BritishArmy and its relevance to society from fashion and films to flood defences and conflict.

The refurbishment, which took three years to complete and included £11.5 million fromThe National Lottery, has also given the museum a front door directlyon to the road and it hopes the changes will increase visitor numbersfrom the 247,000 before it closed ot 340,000 a year.James LathamTel 0116 257 3415 l [email protected]

Size really does matter!

NORBORD has long been aname synonymous with qualityand versatility in the engi-neered wood panel industry.

Today, the array of products canbe employed in all sorts of appli-cations: some pictured here.

SterlingOSB: for DIY, shopfitting,pitched/flat roofing, timber frame,

walling, partitioning, sheds, out-buildings, site hoardings, fencing,furniture — is a fashion favouritetoday and can be seen all over thehigh street and hospitality arena.Last year, OSB panels outsold ply-wood in the UK for the first time.SterlingOSB is believed to be theonly OSB brand which is produced

in the UK.CaberBoard: flooring and

timber frame. Norbord’srange of flooring panels of-fers a product for all appli-cations and is accompaniedby a range of complemen-tary fixing solutions.

For maximum weather-proofing during theconstruction process,CaberShieldPlus has a per-manent, waterproof coat-ing on both sides. Thenon-slip surface ensures asafe working platform,while the underside has asmooth finish so it slideseasily into place. This P5board is considered idealfor both domestic and non-domestic applications.

CaberDek is Norbord’s

most specified weather-protectedflooring panel, featuring a pee-lable non-slip protective film toprevent soiling and water dam-age. The floor is designed to with-stand the elements for up to 42days from laying the floor to fixingthe roof. CaberFloor P5 is believedto be the UK’s leading brand ofmoisture resistant particleboard.The entire Norbord flooring port-folio is supported by a range offlooring fixings in both adhesiveand tape form.

CaberWood MDF: DIY, shop-

fitting, furniture, architecturalmoulding, timber frame — Nor-bord’s CaberWood range ofmedium density fibreboard (MDF),believed to be the longest stand-ing portfolio on the market, is oneof the most versatile. The resultingboard is tough, easily worked andideal for a mind-boggling range ofbuilding applications — fromskirting boards, architraves andmouldings to furniture fittings.NorbordTel 01786 812921www.norbord.co.uk


DESIGN & INNOVATION

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SOME OF the noisiest buildings are sports facilities such as ice rinks, halls and swimming pools where hard surfaces and large spacesexacerbate echoes and chatter.

Architects Christensen & Co, which designed a new and very inviting ice skating rink at Ørestad, a fast-developing suburb of Copenhagen, used apopular and very effective solution to the problem. To reduce sound reverberation, Troldtekt natural wood wool acoustic panels were installed toprovide a calm and uniform surface, together with integrated lighting. The ceilings in the heated part of the ice rink provide a natural surface with awarm glow, contrasting between the cold crystalline rink and the warm club facilities.

Designed as a venue for sport and fun, the architects carefully thought out their choice of materials and finishes, such as concrete, wood and glassand acoustic panels. The City of Copen-hagen also invested additional funds toensure the project was eco-friendlyboth in its construction and dailyoperation.

Specified throughout the UK and Eu-rope, the benefits of 100% Troldtektnatural wood wool panels include highsound absorption, high durability, nat-ural breathability, low cost life cycleperformance and sustainability as doc-umented by Cradle to Cradle certifica-tion at silver level. They are specified toimprove acoustics in many differentprojects such as schools, leisurecentres, pools, commercial, private andpublic buildings.

Available in various sizes and in threegrades from ultrafine to coarse, theycan be left untreated or painted in vir-tually any RAL colour. Samples, casestudies and technical information areeasily sourced from the company.TroldtektTel 01978 664255www.troldtekt.co.uk

Skating in the quiet with Troldtekt panels

Norbord: the trusted name in panels


NEWS

FOLLOWING the installation ofan AXYZ 6010 CNC router inFebruary of this year, the RoyalShakespeare Company in Strat-ford-upon-Avon is said to haveachieved considerable savingsin production time and on out-sourcing costs. The RSC is theforemost British theatre com-pany, employing a staff of over1,000 and responsible foraround 20 productions a year,all of which require a variety ofsophisticated scenic construc-tions that hitherto were craftedby hand.

Head of Scenic Resources at the

RSC, Rebecca Cubitt, commented:“Having been impressed by theperformance and reliability of theAXYZ 6010 CNC router installed atother scenic workshops, coupledwith the quality of the on-site op-erator training provided by AXYZInternational’s technical engi-neers, it was decided to purchasethe same machine for the RSC car-pentry department. This has en-abled us to bring in-house all ofour routing and cutting require-ments and removed the previousneed to use outside suppliers forthe more intricate stage set andscenic designs required for RSC’s

many and varied productions.”The AXYZ router is employed

primarily to processs plywood andpolycarbonate sheets used to cre-ate the floors of the stage sets andfor making components that arebuilt into other scenic elements.Installation of the router has, ac-cording to Rebecca Cubitt, alsohelped resolve issues on manualhandling and employee safety.She added: “In the past, it was nec-essary to hand-cut or use a wall-mounted panel saw to cut shapedfloor panels and this proved verytime consuming as well as pre-senting handling problems forstaff when lifting heavy sheets ofpolycarbonate onto the saw.”

Rebecca Cubitt continued:“Since installation, the router hasbeen working non-stop, enablinga much faster turnaround on workto better accommodate criticaldeadlines on the various RSC pro-ductions. Typical applications forthe AXYZ 6010 machine have in-cluded a new stage set for RSC’soutdoor theatre the Dell and forcutting and profiling polycarbon-ate sheets used in a stage set for arecent production of ‘TheTempest’. The router was also em-ployed to create the floor, senate

steps and colonnades used in thecurrent ‘Rome’ season, as well asproviding stage sets for the newplay, ‘Vice Versa’, presented in theRSC’s Swan Theatre.”

The AXYZ 6010 router installedat the RSC scenic workshop has aprocessing area of 2,159 mm(width) x 3,048 mm (length). It alsoincorporated a seven-stationAXYZ ATC (Automatic ToolChange) facility to accommodatemultiple tooling requirements. Re-becca Cubitt continued: “As thiswas the first CNC machine in-stalled in the carpentry depart-ment, it was a matter of choosinga router which was easy to operateand trustworthy and which wouldenable employees to learn how touse quickly and integrate intotheir working practices.”

In conclusion, Rebecca Cubittcommented: “In addition to theperformance and reliability of theAXYZ 6010 router, I was pleasedwith the on-site operator trainingprovided by AXYZ Internationaland to the support demonstratedthroughout the entire installationprocess.”AXYZ InternationalTel 01952 291600www.axyz.co.uk

AXYZ router takes centre stage at the RSC

A SHOPFITTING COMPANY is saying goodbye to unnecessary heating and waste dis-posal bills after buying a new wood wasteheater from Wood Waste Technology.

Edge Interiors has offered shopfitting andbespoke cabinet making services for over 15years from its 7,000 ft2 workshop in Leices-tershire. Generating a substantial amount ofwaste wood during manufacture, the busi-ness was spending between £200 and £600a month on skips to dispose of the wood off-cuts and other waste, and around £1,500 amonth on running a gas boiler to keep theworkshop warm during the cold months.

Hearing about the benefits of purchasinga wood waste heater to reduce waste dis-posal costs and provide free heating, man-aging director of Edge Interiors, Nigel Barratt,searched the internet to find out how suchan investment could help the business, anddiscovered the range of heaters on offer fromWood Waste Technology.

Following more information and a site sur-vey, Wood Waste Technology’s specialist engi-neers installed a WT15 wood waste heater into the factory earlier this year.

Nigel Barrett says: “We’re so pleased we found Wood Waste Technol-ogy. On the day the wood waste heater was installed the workshop went

from freezing cold to beautifully warm, andthe team now works in shorts and t-shirts in-stead of layers of warm clothing. I am de-lighted that we no longer have to pay forheating or hire a skip to dispose of our wastewood, and also, with the service receivedfrom Wood Waste Technology — the pur-chase of the wood waste heater is definitelyone of the best investments we’ve evermade in our business.”

Managing director of Wood Waste Tech-nology, Kurt Cockroft, says: “It has been apleasure helping Edge Interiors and, with themoney savings on waste disposal and heat-ing bills, the company should get payback onits investment in less than two years.”

Wood Waste Technology offers a full rangeof wood waste heaters, from small hand firedunits to larger fully automatic systems, andoffers site survey and design, as well as man-ufacture, installation and on-going mainte-nance. In addition Wood Waste Technologyis the UK’s official distributor for Gross Appa-ratebau GmbH, a German manufacturer of

dependable, precision engineered shredders and briquetters.Wood Waste Technology l Tel 01785 250400www.woodwastetechnology.com l www.grossuk.co.uk

“The wood waste heater is one of the bestinvestments we’ve ever made in our business”


EXHIBITION NEWS

THOUSANDS of customers andbusiness visitors flocked to thesplendid SCM booth at Ligna,where over 60 technological so-lutions were presented, includ-ing the “Cell Lean 4.0” for highlyautomated industrial produc-tion. Compared to the 2015 edi-tion of the fair, the number oforders, agreements and con-tacts increased considerably.This confirms the sharp growthin the sector, which after thepositive signs registered in2015, is now enjoying a periodof full-blown expansion.

SCM had the honour of beingrepresented at the closing pressconference by Luigi De Vito, direc-tor of the SCM Woodworking Ma-chinery Division and vicepresident of Eumabois. This was aprestigious honour for SCM, thathas been a world leader in thissector since the 1960s. In his ad-dress, De Vito emphasised the in-creasing internationalisation ofthe event. In fact, SCM was con-tacted by customers from over 60countries from all around theglobe and succeeded in creatingnew relationships with a numberof up and coming countries.

Luigi De Vito’s speech under-lined the importance of Industry4.0 technological solutions for thefuture growth of the entire sector.“Companies, today, are ready for In-dustry 4.0. The wide use of roboticsshould not be confined to a sim-plistic and incorrect equation ofsaving labour costs, but should befocused on creating and forming amore highly qualified workforce. Inour sector, human labour will never

lose its central role. The use of ad-vanced technology allows ourcompanies to appeal increasinglyto highly qualified young peoplewho represent the future and al-ready feel completely at home withthese new techniques.”

The German market displayedits considerable strength and SCMregistered at 35% increase in Ger-man visitors attracted by “Made inItaly” technology. In its refinedwhite and blue booth, SCM pre-sented a range of woodworkingtechnology so vast that, accordingto the company, no other booth atLigna 2017 could compare with it.

This range stretched from classiccraft production machines to au-tomated systems for industrial-scale production.

A particular favourite was “CellLean 4.0”, an integrated solution forflexible production that applies“Industry 4.0” and “mass customi-sation” concepts in a way that isconcrete and feasible. The solutionpresented is completely auto-mated, controlled by MaestroWatch software and served by ananthropomorphic robot fitted witha piece recognition viewer. The celluses standard, absolutely reliable,high performing, easy to use and

configure machines. The systemoperates automatically from themoment the order is launched andcan be used with any operatingsystem. The cell is therefore able tomanage automatically and withonly one operator, all machiningphases, from standard panels tofurniture assembly. Cell Lean 4.0demonstrates the skill of the SCMengineering division, whose aim isto present simple, functional solu-tions that allow work flows andtimes to be calculated precisely,and a rapid and certain return oninvestment to be guaranteed.

The SCM booth was one of thebusiest in the entire event. Its mainfocus was a large square, the SCMArena, that featured a tribute to theheroes of Ground Zero, in theshape of a 12 m long table made byRiva1920 from thousand-year-oldkauri. The concept of the squarewas used symbolically to representthe way people have met to talkand exchange goods throughouthistory. In the same way, peoplecame together in the SCM Arena toshare their knowhow, experienceand the latest trends in woodwork-ing technology. For four days, SCMspecialists, together with cus-tomers and guest speakers tookpart in a packed programme ofdaily events.

Ligna closed its doors with al-most 100,000 visitors and 2.8 mil-lion contacts on its variouscommunication platforms.SCM Group UK LtdTel 0115 977 0044www.scmgroup.me.uk

A huge success for SCM at Ligna 2017


EXHIBITION NEWS

THE MOST important exhibitionon the woodworking industry’scalendar in 2017 is LIGNA, and itcertainly didn’t disappoint thisyear!

John Penny’s manufacturingpartners put on a great show ofmachines with new models andgreat ideas.

UtisNew from Utis is the R1050 thick-ness planer with a width planingcapacity of 1,050 mm. The R1050has a large 140 mm diameter cut-terblock which can be supplied asa Tersa, Spiral or conventionalloose knife system, and as with thewhole range of thickness planersthe body is a one piece cast ironunit. The machine has alreadyfound a ready market in wine andwhisky barrel manufacturing andthe plastics industry.

Another new development from Utis is the CS50spindle moulder, this machine has a new heavier castiron body giving exceptional stability and longevity.The fence assembly has a single hand wheel with anelectronic digital readout giving precise positioningto both fences with one adjustment.

StegherrThe Stegherr stand had a good range of its uniqueand innovative machines from the small KF Mini endscribing machine to the fully programmable KSF/2Eglazing bar and bead processing machine. The GLSangle saw was exhibited cutting aluminium profileswith routing and dye punching units for fully finish-ing aluminium components for a wood/aluminiumcomposite window.

S+S MaschinenbauS+S Maschinenbau had a large selection of its very in-

novative frame cramps on show including the high output fully automatic frame-press ‘Per-fect’ and the automatic beam press ‘Centro’. One machine that always attracts lots of attentionis the very versatile and simple to use semi-automatic ‘Bavaria’ cramp. This machine has longstroke cylinders allowing very fast cramping of varying frame sizes without resetting; it canalso work with quick change counter profile shoes for cramping frames with outside profiles.

FriulmacAnother very busy stand with machines to interest joinery, flooring and furniture manufac-tures. The new AXYMAT machining centre was having its unveiling at Ligna. The machine isavailable with 3 and 6 axis control, a descriptive video can be viewed on YouTube showingthe unique design of the AXYMAT www.youtube.com/watch?v=YesRuEtsWTs

The full range of Friulmac machines can be viewed at the Friulmac website.

StennerStenner is having another successful year with a very full export order book for both hori-zontal and vertical saws. The machine that is of particular interest to John Penny’s customersis the ST100R resaw which has become an ideal stand-alone resaw for timber processing andjoinery. Full information on the product range is available on the Stenner website.

MB Maschinenbau GmbHMB Maschinenbau GmbH has an impressive range of sanding and de-nibbing for window,

John Penny Ltd principals at Ligna 2017

Hood open view of the new UTIS R1050 showing the heavy duty cast iron sectional chip-breakers.

Aluminium profiles mitred and finished on theStegherr GLS.

Bavaria cramp pressing a small sash.


EXHIBITION NEWS

Fast and Furious with ClicBox at the Build Show

door and furniture componentsand is a new partner for JohnPenny Ltd. A machine of interestto the window industry is theROBO FENTECH, a fully automatedmachine for sanding of single

piece window profiles, the ma-chine is fitted with sensors allow-ing fully automatic setting forchange of profile. The ROBO FEN-TECH can be supplied with a con-tinuous through feed system or

with a feed reversing system for aone-man operation.

Full information is available onthe MB website. John Penny Woodworking

Machinery Ltd

Tel 01235 531700john.penny@btconnect.comwww.friulmac.itwww.stenner.co.ukwww.mb-maschinenbau.de/

en/woodworking/

Robo Fentech from MB Maschinenbau GmbH.Stenner’s stand at Ligna.

FANCY yourself as a bit of a speed junkie? If so, accelerateover to the ClicBox stand (B437) at the Builders MerchantFederation Pavilion at this year’s Build Show at the NEC inBirmingham. Take part in the ClicBox challenge, con-structing a carcass that simply clicks into place without theneed for any tools at all. Complete the build as quickly asyou can and if you do it in less than 30 seconds you’ll be inwith a chance to win BA Clic Components’ exciting prize.

If you are the fastest to complete the task over the courseof the show, you will be heading down to a race circuit, buck-ling up and driving four supercars for the day. Choose fromthe latest Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche andmany more.

ClicBox is a new and innovative concept in kitchen cabi-nets with the components simply clicking together up to fivetimes faster than traditional cabinets, with no need for tools,screws or glue. The click connection is stronger than tradi-tional assembly as the joints interlock along the entire cabinetjoints and not just at two fixing points.

This really is a cost and time efficient cabinet solutionwhether you are a retailer, a distributor, a wholesaler, a mer-chant, a fitter, a builder or a developer. If a kitchen is being fit-ted you need ClicBox.

In terms of its physical properties, ClicBox technology fea-tures 18 mm thick MFC panels, with 1 mm ABS on leadingedges and 8 mm solid back panelling. Constructed units fea-ture 18 mm adjustable shelves that can be positioned at oneof three possible heights. Wall cabinets are 330 mm deep,with an 18 mm void and internal depth of 304 mm, while basecabinets are 570 mm deep with a 49 mm void and an internaldepth of 513 mm. ClicBox cabinets also feature solid top andbottom panels, which are fully interchangeable without theneed for cumbersome tools.

So what are you waiting for? Drop by the BA Clic Compo-nents stand (B437) and see and try ClicBox for yourself at theBuild Show from 10-12 October. Show the company yourneed for speed by entering the ClicBox challenge and see ifyou can beat the clock and win an amazing prize day out!BA Clic Components l www.baclicbox.comwww.ukconstructionweek.com/build-show

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